Meaning & use
suffrage
The right to vote in political elections.
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Women's suffrage was granted in the United States in 1920.
Activists campaigned for decades to extend suffrage to all adult citizens.
A note on using this word
Almost always paired with a qualifier such as "universal suffrage" or "women's suffrage" in historical and political writing.
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